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    Belle-Île (French pronunciation: [bɛl il]), Belle-Île-en-Mer (French pronunciation: [bɛl il ɑ̃ mɛʁ]), or Belle Isle (Breton: Ar Gerveur, [arˌɡɛrˈvøːr];...
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    The Capture of Belle Île was a British amphibious expedition to capture the French island of Belle Île off the Brittany coast in 1761, during the Seven...
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    worked with Russell at Belle Île and influenced his style, though it has been said that Monet preferred some of Russell's Belle Île seascapes to his own...
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    Nicolas Fouquet, marquis de Belle-Île, vicomte de Melun et Vaux (French pronunciation: [nikɔla fukɛ]; 27 January 1615 – 23 March 1680) was the Superintendent...
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    undermine the French, Pitt had conceived the idea of seizing the island of Belle Île, off the coast of Brittany and asked the navy to prepare for an expedition...
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    jewels to pay her bills. In 1914, she went as usual to her holiday home on Belle-Île with her family and close friends. There, she received the news of the...
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    fortifying his fief of Belle Île secretly. Louis persuades d'Artagnan to re-enter his service, and tasks him to investigate Belle Île, promising him a substantial...
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  • Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Belleisle after Belle Île off the coast of Brittany: HMS Belleisle (1761) was a 64-gun ship of the line...
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  • Danube Bridge to the left shore and by the Saint-Côme Bridge to Île du Fort. Within Île Belle are located a swimming pool administered by an intercommunal...
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  • (disambiguation) Belle Île Belleisle (disambiguation) Belle Island (disambiguation) Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, an IndyCar Series race weekend held at Belle Isle...
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    born in 1774 in Bangor, located on Belle Île, France. Trahan was a daughter of Acadians who had taken refuge on Belle Île after the Acadian expulsion. The...
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    one of the four communes on the island of Belle-Île. Bangor is one of four communes on the island of Belle Île located on the south-west coast of the island...
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    Villefranche; 18 men at Château de Salces[dubious – discuss]; 12 women at Belle-Île-en-Mer; ten men at Château de Besançon; 14 women at St André de Salins [fr];...
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    his squadron battered but intact. Villaret withdrew to an anchorage off Belle Île, close to the naval base at Brest. The French fleet was discovered there...
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    Indian War. He went on to command the British expedition which captured Belle Île in June 1761 during the Seven Years' War so enabling the British Government...
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    of the river. In 1887 and 1889 he displayed a series of paintings of Belle Île to rave reviews by critics. Monet chose the location in the hope of finding...
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    de terre Île d'Or Île des Vieilles Rocher du torpilleur Île Bruzzi Île de Cavallo Îles Cerbicale Île de Gargalo Corsica Île de Pinarellu Îles Lavezzi Îlots...
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  • partnered with the new owner to transform the 17th-century citadel [fr] at Belle Île into a luxury hotel. In the early 2020s Paris Society also extensively...
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    to "Belle Isle" in honor of Miss Isabelle Cass, daughter of Governor (General) Lewis Cass. The name Belle Isle (an archaic spelling of Belle Île) means...
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  • Saint-Malo"". 20minutes.fr. Retrieved 6 March 2016. Jean-Marc VERDREL. "Très belle audience pour la fiction "Meurtres au pays basque" samedi soir sur France...
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    into a citadel of the Palace at Belle-Île-en-Mer in Morbihan were excluded from the registration. The citadel of Belle-Île-en-Mer has been rejected by UNESCO...
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    anchoring beside it - thus Belle-Île was blockaded. On 27 June, the British disembarked 8,000 troops at Carnac, and summoned Belle-Île to surrender, which it...
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    Ibaraki Belle-Île, Effect of Rain (1886), Bridgestone Museum of Art Tempest on the Coasts of Belle-Île (1886), Galerie Kornfeld Port-Goulphar, Belle-Île (1887)...
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  • Tour de Belle-Ile measures around 41 nautical miles: starting from the middle of the bay of Quiberon (Brittany, France), rounding of Belle Île leaving...
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    enfants du bagne de Belle-Île". France Inter (in French). 2020-03-01. Retrieved 2024-06-07. "La colonie pénitentiaire de Belle-Ile". patrimoines-archives...
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    transportation is available at Île d'Yeu Aerodrome (IATA: IDY, ICAO: LFEY), with commercial service from Nantes Airport. Île d'Yeu has an oceanic climate...
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    when he fought in Germany and participated in the British attacks on Belle Île (France) and Cuba. Eliott is most notable for his command of the Gibraltar...
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    – sung in French, English, Portuguese, and Spanish – and the double "Belle-Île-en-Mer, Marie-Galante"/"Les Nuits Sans Kim Wilde" ("Nights without Kim...
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    is one of the four communes on the island of Belle Île. Le Palais is one of the four communes of Belle île en Mer. It is the most populated. It houses...
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    of Château-Gontier and, through her marriage, became the Marquise of Belle-Île. Widowed as a young woman, the wealthy lady became a nun and eventually...
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